Kevin M
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Joined: 18 May 2006
Posts: 957
Location: Fergus
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:39 pm
Post subject: It went way better than I expected
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Things about the weekend that amazed me.
1. How close the competition was.
The small clubs did very well and may have played the part of spoiler to the KWP's
attempt at beating GKC. If the smaller clubs had a few more people show up they may have done even better. Loosening the rules and allowing Western to bolster their ranks with non-club members helped to improve the competition.
GKC is glad of the win but we learned our lesson and immeadiately started training for next year.
2. What wusses CDB are. 1 member showed up in time to sign up. 1. that is right, 1
I heard a rumour that 25 of them were on the river this weekend. But they chose not to help their club compete. Very Very sad. We set the competitions up so that you didn't all have to be expert boaters to compete and yet..... Well, you get the picture. Kudos to Jacque for making the effort and to Paul for attempting to rally their troops. 3. What great sports and competitors everyone was. People worked their butts off trying to win the relay race. Even when they blew the line and got washed downstrem, they worked like mad against the current to make up the lost time.
I'm sure some people in the advanced boater cross were nervous running those rapids on a regular day. For some it was their first time running and yet they went for it. Since kayaking is all about pushing your limits, I think they achieved that goal this weekend.
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